Starting in the small northern Sardinian town of Tempio Pausania, Stage 1 heads east along the Gulf of Asinara, then through Sassari, the main town of that area, then it goes south over the Villanova Monteleone climb before descending to the finish in Bosa.
Milram's Ale-Jet Petacchi will be looking for the sprint win, but he'll have to get past CSC's emerging fast man JJ Haedo (see interview) and fend off Predictor's Rockin' Robbie McEwen.
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UCI Gravel World Series – Tim Wellens and Lorena Wiebes go on attack to win Marly Gravel
UAE Team Emirates-XRG and SD Worx-Protime riders take out wins ahead of Joris Nieuwenhuis and Quinty Ton -
'It will be a long recovery' - Mikel Landa released from hospital to begin healing from fractured vertebra sustained in Giro d'Italia crash
'I would like to thank everybody for the messages of support and the love that I have received' says Soudal-QuickStep rider -
'Others called it quits, I carried on' – Paul Double on the resilient road from 'getting head kicked in' as a U23 to a Giro d'Italia debut at 28
British rider comes 'full circle' from days cutting teeth as a young racer in Italy to his first start at a Grand Tour -
A new Campagnolo groupset, three new helmets and a horde of time trial tech: All the Giro d'Italia tech from the Grande Partenza
All the tech we've found at the opening weekend of the Giro d'Italia 2025, including more photos of the 2025 Campagnolo Super Record Wireless groupset
